The Love Verb Book

Number one best-seller Jane Green - author of "The Beach House" and "Spellbound" - explores changes in relationships when a family member is struck with illness in her heartbreaking novel "The Love Verb". Love means being there - through everything. Everyone in Callie's family is busy; her sister is a free-spirited Manhattan chef, her best friend Lila is coping with the vitriol of her new man's ex-wife, and her parents, Walter and Honor, have rich though separate lives. But when Callie discovers the breast cancer she thought she'd beaten has returned, they all find that their lives shift to focus on caring for Callie. "A beautifully written and intensely sad lesson in what it really means to love someone you know you're going to lose." ("Daily Telegraph"). "Stylish, wickedly insightful...family, friends and love is truly, heartwrenchingly tested." ("Mirror"). "A moving account of a family faced with a heartbreaking situation. I defy anyone to get through to the end without crying." ("Sunday Express"). Jane Green's internationally best-selling novels, including "The Other Woman", "Jemima J.", "Babyville", "The Patchwork Marriage" (published as "Another Piece of My Heart" in the USA), "Girl Friday (Dune Road)", "Life Swap (Swapping Lives)", "Second Chance", "Straight Talking", "Mr. Maybe", and "Bookends", are moving and true to life. "The Love Verb" is published as "Promises to Keep" in the USA.

From the author of Straight Talking, Jemima J and The Beach House, Jane Green's The Love Verb tells the story of Callie, a loving wife and mother and successful family photographer. Her sister, free spirit Steffi has never understood this appeal as she changes jobs and relationships frequently. However, everything changes when Callie gets some unexpected news and suddenly becomes the one in need of support - will her close friends drop everything and rally round? Will her separated parents be able to put aside their differences and will Callie be able to count on her younger sister? Steffi is about to discover love is about being there when you're needed most. A heart-rendering story with characters you really care for.